Lever



Dec. 7 1926.

1,609,719 .1. HUGHES LEVER Filed April 19. 1923 @51g his flbozmegjn Hlges Patented Dec. 7, 192e.

UNITED sN JOHN HUGH An obj ect l `:i movement of of such a lever,

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MIcHIGAAssIGNon 'ro GENERA MICHIGAN, A conronArIoN vor DELAWAREv j LEVER.

' Appiicatiim inea Aprii 19, 1923. seriai No. 633,211.

the lever.A While useful in kinds,

adapted for emergency much as such ment toward inen'tI illustrate integral with which is shown asa b this conitruction is especially well brakelevers, inasa lever is usually shifted by the driver when he is not looking atl it.

In one form, the invention .provides for e latch-controlling niemmits their moveone another.

ience of manufacture, and

is bent to engage the inside/.surface adjacent thel opposite edge.

The above and other-features and objects including various novel and desirable particular conparts, will be apparent from of the invention,

1 combinations structions of the following description tive embodiment shown ini ing drawings,

Figure 1 is Figure 2 is |40, Figure y1 showing section; and.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the above metal latch-controlling bell silient integral stop described sheet crank lever with' the re iin er.

n the particul illustration, the emergency brak transmission casing able support.

in which:

a side elevation showing the emergency brake lever mounted on one side of the transmission casing,

a section on.

utomobile.

ofthe invention is to` limit the 'latch-controlling member to prevent pinching the operators hand between said member'and d in the drawings, this stop is the latch-controlling member,- ell crank lever of, sheet 20 metal pivotally mounted on theupper end of the emergency brake lever.

prefer to use for the ecti'ng from one edge the stop inger in cross ar embodiment selected for invention is applied to an e lever l10 havingan4 upper handle l'portion 12 and pivoted at y14 on' al 16, or on any othersuit- A link 18 is operated by the s in the usual manner.v the lever inv any posi to hold the brakes on a pawl or latch 20 transmission casing.

by a link 24 sliding levers of many` Figure 3.

In theembodithe emergency brake lever For convento provide some bell crank lever,

ment of the of the illustrasuch a manner that the accompanycavity. adjacent the opposite thel line 24-2 of somewhat resilient.

lcranklever 32, which is shown the concave portion of the lev L morons oonrfomirIori,`v

is pivotally mounted on the lower end of the lever and is provided with o teetharranged to engage a ratchet me 22, which is shown as being fastened to the The :latch is operated through 'a' perforated lug 26 and normally'lield in its upper position to cause the latch to engage the ratchet by a coil spring 28 conined between the lug" 26 and a collar 30 secured on the link. link is pivotally connected at its upper end to a novel sheet metal latch-'controlling bell ne or more mber This

detached in The bell crank lever 32 is pivoted at '34 to 10 immediately below the handle portion 12, and is provided with' a pair of parallel arms are connected to the link 24 as described above. This lever is shown as being stamped from sheet metal in such a manner. that the side next handle 12 is concave so opposite side presents a smooth convex sur' face to engage the drivers hand.

. According to the present invention, movelatch-controlling member or lever 32 toward handle 12 islimited to prevent pinching `the drivers hand by aA stop which is shown as being in the form of an integral'resilient finger 38. AThis finger projects from oneedgeof the concave face of the lever 32, and curvesacross the concavity in its end curls within 36 which that the er and slidedge.

ingly engages the inner surface of the con- This arrangement provides av construction which is especially well adapted for economical manufacture in large quantities, and it has the further advantage of making the stop while one iiiustraa've mboaimeni of the invention has been described in detail, it is not my intention to limit its scope to that embodiment or otherwise than by the terms of theappended claims.

I claim:

having an integral linger concavity.

1. llatch-controlling-bell crank lever of sheet metal pressed into a conc-ave formtand projecting from one side of the concavity and ybent into a position` adjacent the opposite side of the (i fi lil() 2. A latch-controlling bell crank lever of i sheet metal pressed into fconcave form env one side to provide a hand-engaging convexity on the opposite side, and having a pair of parallel linkoperating arms projecting from one end and a finger projecting from one side of said lconcavity, the finger being bent across the concavity into such a position that its end engages and bears against the interior surface of the opposite side of theconcavitv.

8. brake lever having a handle, a latch, a link'connected with the latch, a spring on said link for holding said latch in locked position, an operating` member for the latch mounted adjacent said handle, and a resilient spacing device between the operating mem- -ber and the handle.y

4. A brake lever having a handle, a latch,

a link connected with the latch, a spring for holding said latch, in locked` position, an operating member for the latch mounted adjacent said handle, andra resilient stop projecting from one side of said member between said member and the handle.

5. A brake lever having a handle, a latch, a link connected with the latch, a spring for holding said latch in locked position, an operating member for the latch mounted adjacent said handle, and a stop between the operating member and the handle serving to prevent the operating member from coming in Contact with the handle and pinching the operators hand.

In testimony whereof I alix my signature.

JOHN HUGHES. 

